Dr Synonymous: Interview with Catherine Johnson, FNP, PhD, Episode 11

Interview with Family Nurse Practitioner, Educator, Leader Catherine Johnson, FNP, PhD. We review her fascinating career, current position with Mount Carmel where she is developing a nurse practitioner training program, and the future. How are nurse practitioners connecting into the health care changing system? How will they be positioned as primary care providers? What will be the health care team in the PCMH? What does she think of the HCHH? How can physicians and nurse practitioners honor and protect patients and each other during the massive change coming in health care? Also comments about human aspects of patient-practitioner relationship and socio-technical innovation that helps them in clinical and human decisions. Leading off with fifteen minutes of Dr Synonymous overview of patient and doctor social media sites and medical "factoids" of interest.